The Spicier Your Diet, The Longer You'll Live?

Are you a spicy food lover? If so, you may live a longer life than those who are not. According to a 2017 study in the journal PLoS ONE, people who have diets rich with hot peppers tend to live longer. Researchers found a cool association in their data showing that eating spicy foods reduces a person's risk of "instantaneous hazard of death" by 13 percent. Pass the Carolina Reaper pepper! To learn more about this study (including who's most likely to eat hot peppers), watch the following video. Then, learn more about spicy foods.